tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post2326061105472180201..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Individual tastes differ: About 10% of drinkers prefer corked winesW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-9166580117553861012013-06-25T04:05:28.682-07:002013-06-25T04:05:28.682-07:00Postscript on Mourvèdre: Forgive me for what some ...Postscript on Mourvèdre: Forgive me for what some might consider to be a gratuitous “genuflection” to our blog moderator/host . . .<br /><br />Excerpts from the Los Angeles Times “Food” Section<br />(February 10, 2011, Page Unknown):<br /><br />“Mourvèdre Grape a Paso Robles Specialty”<br /><br />[URL: http://articles.latimes.com/print/2011/feb/10/food/la-fo-paso-mourvedre-20110310]<br /><br />ByBob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-24472640608517755032013-06-25T03:00:18.130-07:002013-06-25T03:00:18.130-07:00Blake,
According to the Anosmia Foundation, some ...Blake,<br /><br />According to the Anosmia Foundation, some 2 to 3 million Americans [circa 10+ years ago] were thought to suffer from this affliction.<br /><br />[See: http://www.anosmiafoundation.com/suffer.shtml]<br /><br />If a consumer is unfamiliar with the smell of cork taint, then s/he would have no "internalized" reference standard to identify that defect.<br /><br />Similarly,Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089688073031173053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-19982490384000315932013-06-17T12:55:03.282-07:002013-06-17T12:55:03.282-07:00I agree with Hugh - people need to drink more wine...I agree with Hugh - people need to drink more wine, so they will actually trust their senses more and not think that they are doing something wrong. I remember my first encounters with the corked wines long time ago, where I was thinking "this is strange, but I guess this is how this wine is supposed to smell and taste"...<br />But to say that 10% of people prefer corked wines - I can Anatolihttp://www.talk-a-vino.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-64974961598034687402013-06-12T15:38:00.579-07:002013-06-12T15:38:00.579-07:00Everyone needs to drink more and drink more widely...Everyone needs to drink more and drink more widely (geographical sampling) and this may help identify both flaws and perfection.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514607064462246512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-8527138755619532062013-06-12T01:07:47.927-07:002013-06-12T01:07:47.927-07:00Thanks for your interest in our study.
I think the...Thanks for your interest in our study.<br />I think the key to understanding this lies in the data we collected - reported in the paper - that rejection of added TCA was, to some extent, related to what you knew about cork taint. This suggests that if you didn't know too much about it, you perhaps felt that it was part of the wine flavour. To me, this seems odd especially in a white wine, butJohn Prescott, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876942200752092587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-5315397114633147202013-06-11T22:58:32.632-07:002013-06-11T22:58:32.632-07:00Would like to see a bigger study. Results here su...Would like to see a bigger study. Results here suggest a diff. between random group of people vs. random group of known wine drinkers.Man About Winehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184906755226888130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-41543007561965795952013-06-11T09:22:17.738-07:002013-06-11T09:22:17.738-07:00Great post, outside the normal realms of thought. ...Great post, outside the normal realms of thought. This is why I keep coming back to this blog.Patrick Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144823620170293402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-31338038603636339572013-06-11T06:58:54.737-07:002013-06-11T06:58:54.737-07:00I don't think "super tasting" has an...I don't think "super tasting" has any impact here. The perception of TCA is based on aroma and, as a result, its interpretation into a flavor. As far as I understand, super tasting has to do with the ability to *taste* certain compounds. This heightened perception, from what I can tell, has little to do with perception of aromas/flavors.<br />I would imagine its quite possible for arapopodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413215670441671568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-28986016377909549902013-06-10T15:39:48.779-07:002013-06-10T15:39:48.779-07:00Kent: I think 10% is too high for that. Even as an...Kent: I think 10% is too high for that. Even as an estimate for non-tasters (the opposite of super-tasters), it's too high. W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-45529294502790838832013-06-10T15:10:44.285-07:002013-06-10T15:10:44.285-07:00Could it be that 10% of these tasters just happene...Could it be that 10% of these tasters just happened to have little or no sense of smell?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518530875317856476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-83293973957052714112013-06-10T15:06:20.819-07:002013-06-10T15:06:20.819-07:00Having just thrown out a bottle of French wine wit...Having just thrown out a bottle of French wine with very noticeable cork taint I say long live the screwcap!<br />mountainstirrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658848271733330442noreply@blogger.com